Process of necking garments.



lNo; 857,492.' A Y PATENTBD JUNE 18. 1907.

G.s0oTT. PRoGBssor NEGKING GARMENTS.

v APPLICATION FILEDMARfZG. 1907.

flttowmp' UNITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE. i GEORGE SCOTT, OE AMSTERDAM, NEw YORK,"AssICNOR TO UNION SPECIAL MACHINE COMPANY, OE CHICAGO,y ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OE ILLIT Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26,1907. Serial No. 364,620.

PROCESS oF NECKING GARMENTS. l

Patented June 18, 1907'.

To all whom, it may concern.-

' Be,it known that I, GEORGE SCOTT, a citizen'off the United States, residing at Amsterdam', in the county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invented certamnew and luseful Improvements in Processes of Necking Garments,- of `which the followin is a de-- of garments and the purpose of my invention is to facilitatethe securing of the-overlapping ply or plies at the said neck portion of the garment, and to provide a turned over portion at the top o the neck, whereby a more y durablepro'duct is secured.

In thefapplicationof Bernard Zimmerman,

Serial Noa"'1,81,,970,1 filed November 20th,

19.03, is ldke'scribed'a process of makingA the neck portions `ofgarments wherein a web of fabric is folded to' form overlapping plies of fabric, and the neck ortion is formed by cutting one ofthe plies eginning at the edge of the fold, and ',bya substantially simultaneous operation deiiectinl one of the cut edges, .Y while the other cute geis securedto the lower ply oyerstitchmg. My invention,

Sci; jiset forth inthe abdve application and conhowever, `is an improvement upon the process siste in'pi'ring the upper ply of fabric ata f one of t ystitched to the lower ply of `fabric Vby substantially a simultaneous operation with-thek garment, so as to strengthen the neck pory point distant from the edge of the fold, sepa- `rating the two plies of fabric, severing one of them upon a predetermined line defiecting e cut edges, while the other is over- .edge at the top of the neck, Vwhic is much more durable and serviceable than. the garment produced by the Zimmerman process,

" whereinhthe cuttjngoperationbegins at'the ed e of the fold in t e fabric.

the accompanying drawings z-Figure l is a view illustrating the application of myv invention to` the production of the neck portion of a garment, s'howi'ngm lan view'the plies of fabric after they are fol ed and one of them is out on a predetermined line and one of the cut edges is stitched down to the other ply of fabric. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the finished garment as o ened out at the top or shoulder and the de ected cut edge as folded underneath the upper ply and stitched thereto: Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. l showing the upper ply of fabric folded down upon the lower ply of fabric. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing a presser foot, a needle and a trimming blade with said trimming blade piercing the lower layer of fabric which in the illust-ration shown in Figs.

l, 2 and 3 is the upper ply l of the folded` fabric.' lFig. 5 is a`view similar to Fig. 4, showing the cutting blade as penetrating between the two layers lifting the up er layer from the lower layer and severing tllie lower layer in advance ofthe stitching operation. Fig. 6 is a detail viewl of a modification, showing the overstitching as continuing around the ed e of the front potion of the garment.

kIn t e practice of my process, a knitted web is folded on the line of the shoulder, so 'as to form front and back plies or folds l and 2, or such Lplies or folds are united .on the line of the shoulders.

'In order to form the neck opening, the

front ply or foldl of the fabric is cut, so as to form a central segment 3, which lies u on the back ply or fold 2, and is secured t creto, aiipupld the `edge by overstitching, one line of w c plies o fabric, and the other lineV asses passes through and unites the two A,

through the sin'ge ply only, the cross t eads of the overstitc the garment.

In order that an uncut folded portion may be formed at the top partof the neck of the ng covering the cut edge of tion of thel garment at this point, I have caused the 4cutting operation vto begin at a point 4, distant from the edge of the fold,

and also caused the cutting to cease at a point5 some distance from the edge of the fold at the other side of the neck portion.

The overstitching preferably extends to the top of theneck portion, and the cutting of the-ply which is performed substantially simultaneously with'the overstitching, does not take place until after a certain portion has 'been stitched. The upper ply is then pierced by a cutting knife and the knife caused to penetrate between the plies, sever the upper ply'and deflect one, of the cut tioned cut edge; substantially as described.

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f the lowervply by a doubl row of stitches, one

Y edge underneath the upper ply' of fabric and 3. The method herein described of necking underwear,' consisting in folding the Web of fabric to form overlapping plies, inserting a knife in one ofl said -plies at 'al point distant from the edge ofthe fold, cutting said ply onV a predetermined line and by a substantially simultaneous operation dellecting one of the cut edgesfand secring the other eut edge to row passing through the two plies and the other through the single ply and uniting said rows of stitches so 'as to cover the last mentioned cut edge, and folding lthe deiected cut securing the same thereto, so that the fold eX- tends' aroundjhe edge of the upper ply, and continues to the point of cutting, forming a reinforce fertile top portion of the neck; sub'- stantallyavsde's-clibed.

v 4. .TliJ ithod herein described of uniting overlapping plies of fabric, -consisting in piercing one of-said plies -at a point distant from its edge, cutting said ply on a predetermined line, and by a substantially simul-A taneous operation delecting one ofthe cut edges, securing one of said cut edges to the lower ply by ',overstitchjng, the cross threads ofthe overstitching covering the last mentioned cut edge; lsubstantially as described.

In' testimony whereof I aHX my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

.GEORGE scoTT'.

Vitnesses:

` C. MCNEIL,

CEAS. E. HARDIEs. 

